Hello and happy (very late) February! I have missed my blog...time seems to be just flying by.
I wanted to at least write a quick update on my happiness project (in hopes of blogging more regularly soon). January's happiness goals were so successful. I kept to my diet rules almost perfectly and I genuinely got in the habit of working out 6 days a week. How did I do it? Accountability and determination. John and I pushed one anther hard and I knew if my overall health, energy, and mood were going to change, I had to be serious about the health resolutions I was making. I also have kept myself sane with one cheat meal per week. This means that for one meal (or usually more like one entire evening), I can eat whatever I want. My taste has changed and I am not cravin sugar as much as I used to! I know God's hand is in this process because I could not have made these changes with my own will-power. So with January behind me, I've decided that better health does add to my overall happiness and the no white flour, no white sugar diet continues. I am also carrying the work out plan on with me, though I am aiming for just 4-6 days a week now. I've also added meatless Mondays (which I might even turn into Vegan Mondays) to help with overall fat/cholesterol consumption...because if you know me, you know I LOVE my dairy.
So my February happiness theme is "The Rx for Rx" (visualize 'prescription' Rx and psychology abbrev. Rx for relationships...way less conffusing when hand written). So basically, I'm focusing on relationships. And since it's love month, what better time? My three resolutions were to:
LOVE others.
Make Valenine's day count for the women around me.
Keep up with long distance phone calls, etc.
Resolution #2 was a success if I may say so. I began the first annual "dress like a Valenine week" among my circle of friends (where we basically wore a lot of pink for a week), made homemade Valentines, and had a girly movie night at my place on the 14th...because after all, it's for the ladies.
Being loving and keeping up with far away friends have not been on the forefront of my mind, I am sorry to admit. But I do still have one week of February to rev up my love-o-meter.
I'm praising God today for my happiness project, for time to document it (albeit inconsistently), and for friendship. More next time!
